Glen Gray

“I am VERY impressed with my RS Berkeley soprano sax! The ease of play and its ability to stay in tune all the way through the horn is incredible. The key movement is so effortless. I am very much looking forward to playing this on gigs to come!”

Biography

Glen Gray graduated from Virginia Tech in 2004, with a degree in Music Education. While at Virginia Tech, Glen studied classical saxophone with Dr. David Jacobsen and participated in jazz bands under the direction of Grammy award winning jazz musician Chip McNeil as well as jazz pianist and composer James Miley. After schooling, he went on to teach in the southwest Virginia area as a high school band director for 6 years.

While teaching, Glen primarily toured with Virginia based band Center Hill, playing shows up and down the east coast. The tour venues ranged from small bars, clubs, large venues, outdoor festivals, and music halls. Throughout his playing time in Virginia, he played shows with Lloyd Dobbler Effect, Sister Hazel, along with members of Sly and the Family Stone, and Tower of Power.

Upon leaving Virginia in the summer of 2010, he came to Houston Texas, where after a few shows sitting in with performers around town, eventually became the saxophonist for local Houston band Big Richard, playing shows in and around Houston as well as other cities throughout Texas and Louisiana.